{"id":40,"date":"2026-08-04T04:21:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T04:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contra-timp.ro\/dict\/?p=40"},"modified":"2026-08-04T04:21:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T04:21:33","slug":"la-calendele-grecesti-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contra-timp.ro\/dict\/la-calendele-grecesti-8\/","title":{"rendered":"La calendele grece\u0219ti (#8)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>De unde vine?<\/strong> Din calendarul roman: ziua calendelor (prima zi a lunii) era ziua \u00een care debitorii trebuiau s\u0103-\u0219i pl\u0103teasc\u0103 datoriile. Datoriile erau \u021binute \u00eentr-un registru numit <em>kalendaria<\/em>, similar cu acel \u201epe caiet\u201d de la c\u00e2rciuma din sat. Pe de alt\u0103 parte, grecii nu foloseau calende \u2014 numerotau pur \u0219i simplu zilele lunii. A\u0219a c\u0103 a promite plata \u201ela calendele grece\u0219ti\u201d \u00eenseamn\u0103 a promite ceva ce nu se va \u00eent\u00e2mpla niciodat\u0103, pentru c\u0103 data respectiv\u0103 nici m\u0103car nu exist\u0103 \u00een calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>De ce o folosim?<\/strong> E varianta cult\u0103 a lui \u201eniciodat\u0103\u201d \u2014 o am\u00e2nare la infinit, \u00eembr\u0103cat\u0103 \u00een polite\u021be. Conform lui Suetoniu, chiar \u00eemp\u0103ratul Augustus obi\u0219nuia s\u0103 spun\u0103 despre datornicii r\u0103i de plat\u0103 c\u0103 \u00ee\u0219i vor achita datoria \u201ela calendele grece\u0219ti\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cum folosim expresia?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201eMi-a promis banii la calendele grece\u0219ti \u2014 adic\u0103 niciodat\u0103.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201eReforma aia se termin\u0103 la calendele grece\u0219ti, nu v\u0103 face\u021bi speran\u021be.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bonus:<\/strong> Dac\u0103 vrei s\u0103 cite\u0219ti despre nebunia din spatele calendarului nostru \u2014 de la Cezar la Papa Grigore, p\u00e2n\u0103 la calendarul revolu\u021bionar francez \u2014 am scris un articol \u00eentreg despre asta pe Contra\/Timp: <a href=\"https:\/\/contratimp.substack.com\/p\/in-cautarea-timpului-pierdut-si-a\">\u00cen c\u0103utarea timpului pierdut \u0219i a calendarului &#8216;corect&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>De unde vine? Din calendarul roman: ziua calendelor (prima zi a lunii) era ziua \u00een care debitorii trebuiau s\u0103-\u0219i pl\u0103teasc\u0103 datoriile. Datoriile erau \u021binute \u00eentr-un registru numit kalendaria,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-societate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/contra-timp.ro\/dict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/contra-timp.ro\/dict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/contra-timp.ro\/dict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contra-timp.ro\/dict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contra-timp.ro\/dict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/contra-timp.ro\/dict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41,"href":"https:\/\/contra-timp.ro\/dict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions\/41"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/contra-timp.ro\/dict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contra-timp.ro\/dict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contra-timp.ro\/dict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}